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Population genetic signatures of diffuse co-evolution between leaf-cutting ants and their cultivar fungi.
Molecular ecology - 1 Jan 2007
Mikheyev A S, Mueller U G, Boomsma J J
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Switching of symbiotic partners pervades most mutualisms, despite mechanisms that appear to enforce partner fidelity. To investigate the interplay of forces binding and dissolving mutualistic pairings, we investigated partner fidelity at the population level in the attine ant-fungal cultivar mutualism. The ants and their cultivars exhibit both broad-scale co-evolution, as well as cultivar switching, with...
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